NCT GUIDE!

Who is NCT? What is their concept about?

NCT (엔시티) is a project group under SM Entertainment. The meaning and what their name stands for is Neo Culture Technology which is a term used by Lee Soo Man (SM's Founder) to describe the groups concept of having unlimited members divided into different sub-units based on different countries, ages, languages, genres, etc. At the moment, NCT has 4 sub-units, including a Chinese based one.

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NCT U (엔씨티 유) was the first unit to debut under this project on April 9, 2016. The "U" stands for "United". This unit doesn't have specific members and they will change each comeback on depending whether or not they fit the concept for the songs. NCT U usually releases more than one song a year with a different lineups each. Their last lineup includes: Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Win Win, Jungwoo, Lucas and Mark.

Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Win Win, Jungwoo, Lucas and Mark were the lineup for their first comeback of 2018, Boss.
Taeyong and Ten were the lineup for their second comeback of 2018, Baby Don't Stop.
Taeyong, Doyoung, Lucas and Mark were the lineup for their third and last comeback of 2018, Yestoday.

On 2016, the lineup included: Taeil, Taeyoung, Kun, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun and Mark.

Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun and Mark were the very first lineup for NCT U's debut with The 7th Sense in April 2016.
Taeil, Doyoung and Jaehyun were the lineup for their second single Without You. Kun was added to this lineup but for the Chinese version.

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NCT 127 (엔씨티일이칠) was the second unit to debut under this project on July 7, 2016. NCT 127 has permanent members unlike NCT U, the members won't leave but new members can be added. This unit is Seoul based with the number "127" representing the longitude of Seoul. Their main goal is to spread K-Pop around the globe starting from Seoul. This unit was the first and is one out of the four units with an official leader, being Taeyong the selected leader.

The current lineup includes: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Doyoung, Yuta, Jaehyun, Win Win, Jungwoo, Mark and Haechan.

NCT 127 debuted in July 2016 with their song Fire Truck and the original lineup included: Taeil, Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Win Win, Mark, and Haechan.

On January 2017, they had their first comeback with their song Limitless which included the same lineup with two additional members: Doyoung from NCT U and a new member, Johnny.

On 2018 they had their Japanese debut with their lead single Chain, following their main concept of spreading K-Pop around the world.

On October 2018, it was announced that NCT 127 would have their fourth comeback with Regular and a new member, NCT U's Jungwoo, making NCT 127 a 10 members group and the largets unit. With this comeback they also released an English version of Regular which was promoted in the United States to follow their concept of spreading K-Pop.

On December 2018, SM Entertainment announced that Haechan had hurt his leg during practice and had to be rushed to the hospital. Three days later SM Entert. announced "NEO CITY — The Origin" which would be NCT 127's first world tour, making them the first sub-unit to have one. Haechan participated in the Seoul concerts but in a very limited way due to his injury.

On April 2019, NCT 127 had their first comeback in Japan after the release of Chain back in 2018. They released their very first full album in Japan with Wakey-Wakey as the title track.

As of 2019, Win Win is not currently promoting with NCT 127 or will be participating in the tour since he has been promoting with WayV and other promotions in China.

NCT 127 will release a mini album on May 24, 2019 called "We Are Superhuman" with the title track being Superhuman.

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NCT Dream (엔씨티 드림) was the third and last unit to be released in 2016. This unit is the "teenagers" unit and their goal is to spread dreams and hope to the teenagers through their music. NCT Dream has a graduation system where the members will leave once they turn 19 years old (20 years old Korean age) and join new units or the already existing ones. The actual lineup includes: Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung.

They debuted in August 24, 2016 with their first single Chewing Gum and with 7 members: Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung.

On February 2017, NCT Dream had their first comeback My First and Last with a missing member, Jaemin. This was because Jaemin had health issues and couldn't promote, he was focusing on recovering. Meanwhile, on February 14, NCT Dream had their first win with My First and Last, making them the first ever unit to get a music show win in NCT's history.

On August 2017, they had their third comeback with We Young and Jaemin still absent due to his back problems.

On March 2018, Jaemin joined NCT Dream for their single from the first ever group project album, NCT 2018 Empathy. They promoted Go in music shows.

On September 2018, NCT Dream had their last comeback with Mark as a part of their lineup before his graduation from Dream since he had turned 19 a month before. He was present throughout the promotions of their single We Go Up.

He graduated from NCT Dream on December 31, 2018.

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WayV (威神V) is the fourth and last sub-unit to debut, they're based in China and promote there. Just like NCT 127, no members will leave but new members will be added. The current lineup is made of already debuted Chinese members, Ten who is Chinese descendant and adding three new Chinese members to the group: Kun, Ten, Win Win, Lucas, Xiao Jun, Hendery and Yang Yang.

They debuted on January 17, 2019 with the Chinese version of Regular and they're the second unit with a selected leader, Kun.

It is rumored that NCT Dream's Renjun and Chenle will be added to this unit when they graduate from NCT Dream in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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